List of infectious diseases - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Infection: Encyclopedia - Infection
An infection is the detrimental colonization of a host organism by a foreign species. In infection, the infecting organism seeks to utili...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Infection: Encyclopedia Ii - Infection - Colonization
Wound colonization refers to nonreplicating microorganisms within the wound, while in infected wounds replicating organisms exist and tis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Infection: Encyclopedia Ii - Infection - Colonization
Wound colonization refers to nonreplicating microorganisms within the wound, while in infected wounds replicating organisms exist and tis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Infectious Disease: Encyclopedia Ii - Infectious Disease - Mortality From Infectious Diseases
The World Health Organization collects information on global deaths by International Classification of Disease (ICD) code categories. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dracunculiasis: Encyclopedia Ii - Dracunculiasis - Life Cycle
Adult female Dracunculus worms emerge from the skin of infected persons annually. Persons with worms protruding through the skin may ente...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Foodborne Illness: Encyclopedia Ii - Foodborne Illness - Pathogenic Agents
An early theory on the causes of food poisoning involved ptomaines, alkaloids found in decaying animal and vegetable matter. While some p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dracunculiasis: Encyclopedia Ii - Dracunculiasis - Symptoms
Infected persons do not usually have symptoms until about 1 year after they become infected. A few days to hours before the worm emerges,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Foodborne Illness: Encyclopedia Ii - Foodborne Illness - Political Issues
Foodborne illness - United Kingdom. Since the 1970s, key changes in UK food safety law have taken place following serious outbreaks of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dracunculiasis: Encyclopedia Ii - Dracunculiasis - Affected Countries
According to the Carter Center, the incidence of GWD has dropped from an estimated 3.5 million cases worldwide in 1986 to only 16,026 rep...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Foodborne Illness: Encyclopedia Ii - Foodborne Illness - Incubation Period
The delay between consumption of a contaminated food and appearance of the first symptoms of illness is called the incubation period. Thi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dracunculiasis: Encyclopedia Ii - Dracunculiasis - Treatment
Once the worm emerges from the wound, it can only be pulled out a few centimeters each day and wrapped around a small stick. Sometimes th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Infectious Disease: Encyclopedia Ii - Infectious Disease - Basics
Infectious diseases are mostly caused by tiny microorganisms, often called microbes, that are invisible to the naked eye. Microbes that c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Foodborne Illness: Encyclopedia Ii - Foodborne Illness - Outbreaks
The vast majority of reported cases of foodborne illness occur as individual or sporadic cases. In most cases these originate, and occur,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Infectious Disease: Encyclopedia Ii - Infectious Disease - Diagnosis And Therapy
The field of infectious diseases also occupies itself with the diagnosis and therapy of infection. Infectious disease - Diagnosis. Diag...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Foodborne Illness: Encyclopedia Ii - Foodborne Illness - Statistics
There are every year about 76 million foodborne illnesses in the United States (26,000 cases for 100,000 inhabitants), 2 million in the U...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Reference Tables: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Reference Tables - Reference
List of reference tables - Standards. List of standards topics (these could easily be cross-referenced under other relevant categories...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Reference Tables: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Reference Tables - Social Sciences And Society
List of reference tables - Business finance and economics. List of accounting topics List of management topics List of marketing topic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Reference Tables: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Reference Tables - Physical Sciences And Nature
List of reference tables - Agriculture and food. List of cocktails List of commercial brands of beer List of diets List of Fast-food ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Reference Tables: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Reference Tables - Philosophy And Religion
List of reference tables - Philosophy. List of philosophical lists List of basic philosophical topics List of ethics topics Glossar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Reference Tables: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Reference Tables - Geography And Places
List of reference tables - Cities. List of city listings by country List of cities that have been the birthplace of a genre of music C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Reference Tables: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Reference Tables - Art And Culture
List of reference tables - Art. List of visual arts and design topics List of artworks List of notable museums and galleries List of m...   » Read the article